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The secretary said it is estimated that around 88 crore people will be living in urban areas by 2051 as against the current 46 crore, creating huge potential for real estate development.
Sharing the success story of RERA, he said around 67,000 projects and 52,000 property agents are registered under this law. More than 70,000 cases have been disposed of by the real estate authorities established under this law. All states, except West Bengal have implemented this law, he said, adding that the ministry has written to the state government regarding this.
Geospatial, digital technologies can be effectively used to combat water crisis, says report
Given the population density and requirement of water for agriculture, India is heavily dependent on groundwater and is one of the worst hit countries as far as the water crisis is concerned.
Natural disaster H1 insured losses hit a 10-year high of $42 billion
Floods in Europe since last week have likely caused $2-3 billion in reinsurance losses, analysts say. read more
Natural disasters were responsible for around 3,000 deaths globally in the first half, with 800 fatalities from the heatwave which hit parts of Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest in late June.
As cyberattacks rise, Cyber insurers are overhauling their strategies
Cyber policies are relative newcomers to the centuries-old insurance industry. The sector has exploded in the past decade — with premiums more than doubling since 2015 and totaling $3.15 billion last year, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Some firms are charging more for less coverage. Clients in US paid 35% more for cyber coverage in the first quarter than they did in the same period last year, according to broker Marsh McLennan. Demand for standalone policies surged 24% last year.
Wrestling with higher costs and more risk, insurers are tightening standards, boosting prices and slashing how much they’re willing to pay for a breach.
Over 34 lakh tonnes of plastic waste generated in FY 2019-20: Govt
“There is a complete ban on sachets using plastic material used for storing, packing, or selling gutkha, tobacco, and pan masala. Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change had also issued a draft notification in the Gazette of India on March 11, 2021, for amending Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, inter alia prohibiting the use of identified single-use plastic items by 2022, for public consultation,” Union Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey said
Judge: $150M initially for victims in Florida condo collapse
That sum includes about USD 50 million in insurance on the Champlain Towers South building and at least USD 100 million in proceeds from the sale of the Surfside property where the structure once stood, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing on Wednesday.
”The court’s concern has always been the victims here,” the judge said, adding that the group includes visitors and renters, not just condo owners. ”Their rights will be protected.”
Prevalence of COVID-19’s Delta variant among specimens sequenced over past 4 weeks exceeded 75 per cent: WHO
“According to GISAID data, as of 20 July, the prevalence of Delta among the specimens sequenced over the past 4 weeks exceeded 75 percent in many countries worldwide including Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Israel, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore South Africa, and the United Kingdom,” the update said.
India reports 41,383 new COVID-19 cases, deaths rise by 507
India’s daily positivity rate remained less than 3 per cent for 31 consecutive days. The positivity rate stood at 2.41 per cent.
India reports 3,998 COVID deaths after state corrects its data
On Wednesday, the government reported 42,015 new coronavirus infections in the previous 24 hours, health ministry data showed.
From China to Germany, floods expose climate vulnerability
“Governments should first realize that the infrastructure they have built in the past or even recent ones are vulnerable to these extreme weather events,” said Eduardo Araral, associate professor and co-director, Institute of Water Policy, at Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
. In Europe, climate change is likely to increase the number of large, slow-moving storms that can linger longer in one area and deliver deluges of the kind seen in Germany and Belgium, according to a study published https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL092361 June 30 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.